In my first grade of school, at the cafeteria, I remember the instances when other students looked at me weirdly and frowned. As everyone lined up to go past the cashier, paying for their lunches, I would press a code...
We don’t need to rely on stats to know that racial harassment against Asian Americans is on the rise. We can feel it. From the comments about a US Olympian’s heritage to the non-Asian man shouting “go back to...
At the beginning of the New Year, Logan Paul released a video of himself venturing into the restricted Aokigahara Forest in Japan. I woke up feeling enraged, and I wasn’t alone. My friend Lexi, who doesn’t usually keep...
[agg-ad id=”14519″ align=”left”][agg-ad id=”15486″ align=”center”] I sat down and asked Dr. Ariya Svetamra of the Women’s Studies Centre, Chiang Mai University, whether...
There are names for the struggles Asian Americans share: the perpetual foreigner syndrome, the model minority myth, and for Asian American women, oriental fetishism and white sexual imperialism. As a Thai woman in the...
[agg-ad id=”14519″ align=”left”][agg-ad id=”15486″ align=”center”] Just a few months ago I was sitting in an Uber with an older White man as a driver. The drive was good...
[agg-ad id=”14519″ align=”left”] Something quite brilliant is happening in the fashion world, particularly in Asia. Earlier this year, Chanel launched a campaign featuring both Pharrell Williams...
(Originally published on Everyday Feminism on August 23, 2016) In my fantasies, the thoughts running through my head during sex are all about how sexy my partner is and how much I want them and how unbelievably amazing...
Before I decided to embark on the adventures of life as an expat in the Middle East, I thought that being Asian in a predominantly white community was the most annoying reality of my life as an adoptee. However, I soon...
[agg-ad id=”14519″ align=”none”] (Originally published on Everyday Feminism on October 19, 2016) It’s problematic when people expect someone with any marginalized identit(ies) to to educate theme...